And equal to reduce me to my dust,

Thy Justice seems; yet to say truth, too late, [ 755 ]

All that I eat or drink, or shall beget,

The miserie, I deservd it, and would beare

Of God, whom to behold was then my highth

But Natural necessity begot. [ 765 ]

Concurd not to my being, it were but right

The sense of endless woes? inexpli九*九*藏*書cable

That proud excuse? yet him not thy election,

Of Paradise, deare bought with lasting woes!

Made thee without thy leave, what if thy Son [ 760 ]

In this delicious Garden? as my Will

Heavie, though in thir place. O fleeting joyes

To mould me Man, did I sollicite thee

Now death to hear! for what can I encrease

O miserhttps://read.99csw.comable of happie! is this the end [ 720 ]

Then cavil the conditions? and though God

Did I request thee, Maker, from my Clay

Of this new glorious World, and mee so late

Mine own that bide upon me, all from mee

The evil on him brought by me, will curse

For this we may thank Adam; but his thanks

Of happiness: yet well, if九_九_藏_書 here would end [ 725 ]

Wherefore didst thou beget me? I sought it not

My Head, Ill fare our Ancestor impure, [ 735 ]

Thy terms too hard, by which I was to hold

Prove disobedient, and reprovd, retort,

Or multiplie, but curses on my head?

All I receavd, unable to performe [ 750 ]

Shall with a fierce reflux on mee redound,

Who of al九九藏書l Ages to succeed, but feeling

Accurst of blessed, hide me from the face

The Glory of that Glory, who now becom

Sufficient penaltie, why hast thou added

Wouldst thou admit for his contempt of thee

From darkness to promote me, or here place [ 745 ]

Shall be the execration; so besides

Delightfully, Encrease and multiply, [ 730 ]

Thou did九_九_藏_書st accept them; wilt thou enjoy the good,

Is propagated curse. O voice once heard

The good I sought not. To the loss of that,

My own deservings; but this will not serve;

I thus contest; then should have been refusd

Desirous to resigne, and render back

On mee as on thir natural center light [ 740 ]

Those terms whatever, when they were proposd: